Why are some dentists so hesitant to pull teeth?

Question

I had a badly damaged tooth worked on today and it was described as 'the tooth from hell.' I gave the dentist permission to pull it and she said no. She said it may give me trouble in the future... so why not pull it now? It's a upper, rear molar.

Answer 1

When you have a tooth pulled, other teeth shift, the teeth behind will shift forward, the lower teeth will start to "grow" upward to fill the space causing a number of problems.
Teeth are meant to last a lifetime. I'm sure she would rather try and save your tooth than extract and replace later
Be true to your teeth - or they'll be FALSE to you!!!!

Answer 2

Sometimes it is not question of the tooth being bad, it may have been difficult to fill because of the contact area or because of a deep bite. In those cases it is not necessarily that the tooth need to be pulled, it may just be tough to get the filling material to comply with where the dentist wanted to place it .That is so you don't end up with food getting caught in between the teeth or have a hard time flossing. Also sometimes when the bite is close the opposing tooth can crumble a new restoration easily .
It is better to keep it as long as you can IF it ends up not giving you any grief, and sometimes when a dentist fills a tooth like yours, it is a guessing game, but we do all we can to retain rather than extract.
Hope it works out well for you.

Answer 3

After a tooth has been damaged or destroyed, restoration of the missing structure can be achieved with a variety of treatments. Restorations may be created from a variety of materials, including amalgam, gold, porcelain, and composite. Small restorations placed inside a tooth are referred to as "intracoronal restorations". These restorations may be formed directly in the mouth or may be cast using the lost-wax technique, such as for some inlays and onlays. When larger portions of a tooth are lost, an "extracoronal restoration" may be fabricated, such as a crown or a veneer, to restore the involved tooth.

When a tooth is lost, dentures, bridges, or implants may be used as replacements. Dentures are usually the least costly whereas implants are usually the most expensive. Dentures may replace complete arches of the mouth or only a partial number of teeth. Bridges replace smaller spaces of missing teeth and use adjacent teeth to support the restoration. Dental implants may be used to replace a single tooth or a series of teeth. Though implants are the most expensive treatment option, they are often the most desirable restoration because of their esthetics and function. To improve the function of dentures, implants may be used as support.

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Answer 4

Because most dentist are in the business of saving teeth, once you start pulling teeth it can become a domino effect causing you to have to have more teeth pulled in the future. When you pull teeth it can change your bite and cause other teeth to drift. Think of it this way if you broke your arm you wouldn't just have them cut if off, because you could have problems with that arm again in the future. The same goes for your teeth.

Answer 5

Teeth do a lot more than give us a pretty smile. Nutritional status and general well-being can be affected by bad teeth or lack of teeth.


If your teeth are bad or missing, you might not eat the right foods because of not being able to chew them properly.

Answer 6

because teeth don't grow back and if they can get a few more years out of it they will, besides some insurances won't pay unless they exhaust all options first.

Answer 7

AN ORAL SURGEON WOULD PULL IT THAT DAY.
WHY?
THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.